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December 9, 2011
| KNG
Responding to questions about the role of United Nations in the ongoing refugee crisis in Kachin and northern Shan states, the UN has reiterated that...
December 9, 2011
| KNG
Chinese authorities in Yunnan province indicated they will shut down 16 temporary refugee camps located inside China and along its border with Burma’...
December 9, 2011
| Tun Tun
New Delhi (Mizzima) – An application to form a trade union in a Bago textile, garment and leather factory has been rejected by Burmese authorities.
December 9, 2011
| Tun Tun
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Refugees living in the Nayapara and Kutupalong refugee camps and the huge number of undocumented Burmese nationals living in...
December 9, 2011
| Khonumthung
Burmese Army troops extorted 5 million kyats from livestock traders and local people in northern Chin state on November 29.
December 9, 2011
| S.H.A.N.
The new government led by former general Thein Sein appears to be looking for changes in the country, according to Sao Yawdserk, Chairman of the...
December 9, 2011
| Narinjara
Min Bya: Farmers in western Burma's Arakan State are expecting the current U Thein Sein-led regime will stop its army from practices in the similar...
December 9, 2011
| Salai Za Ceu Lian
(Commentary) – Knowing that sanctions without engagement are not effective or doomed to failure, the Obama administration adopted conditional...
December 8, 2011
| Te Te
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Kaladan Multi-Modal Project in Arakan and Chin state has not attracted much media coverage and some residents are worried...
December 8, 2011
| Ko Pauk
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Two Indian journalists have gone missing in Burma, according to the Journalists’ Forum of Assam (JFA), which has asked Indian...
December 8, 2011
| IMNA
IMNA – The Karen National Union (KNU) has reopened the main highway from the Thai-Burma border township of Three Pagoda Pass (TPP) to Thanphyuzayart...
December 8, 2011
| S.H.A.N.
Probably in response to scathing criticisms form its opponents, government authorities have started paying compensations to villagers in Shan State...
December 8, 2011
| Narinjara
Dhaka: Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to embark on a new phase of bilateral ties for resolving outstanding refugee issue and enhancing...
December 8, 2011
| Saw Khar Su Nyar
The United National Federal Council claim in a statement released this week that President Thein Sein’s peace offer to ethnic armed groups is only an...
December 8, 2011
| KNG
Officials from the Kachin Independence Army claim that on Wednesday their forces killed more than 60 government soldiers attempting an offensive in...